California voter data stolen after database left exposed
Databases detailing 19.5 million Californian voter records as well as 53,000 newspaper subscribers have been stolen after a newspaper left both files exposed online. The leak from The Sacramento Bee, reportedThursday, was discovered by the Kromtech Security Center, which found a 91.5-gigabyte MongoDB database file Jan. 19 via a breach report based on Shodan, an “internet of things” search engine.(SiliconANGLE)
Databases detailing 19.5 million Californian voter records as well as 53,000 newspaper subscribers have been stolen after a newspaper left both files exposed online. The leak from The Sacramento Bee, reportedThursday, was discovered by the Kromtech Security Center, which found a 91.5-gigabyte MongoDB database file Jan. 19 via a breach report based on Shodan, an “internet of things” search engine.(SiliconANGLE)